#18419 [Fbk->Bgs]: No way to get current rand seed

ID: 18419 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: peter_ammon@rocketmail.com -Status: Feedback +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: RedHat Linux PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-18 15:20:45] rasmus@php.net I don't really see the scenario where setting a known seed with srand() wouldn't be sufficient. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-18 15:17:41] peter_ammon@rocketmail.com It would be nice if there were a way to retrieve the current random number seed (or state if it maintains more information than just the seed), so the random number generator could be reseeded with it. Some code depends upon the fact that rand will produce the same sequence starting with a given seed, and without a way to retrieve the seed, it's impossible to put functions that call rand() a variable number of times in such code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18419&edit=1